The Murmuring Tale of the Heart (24)

the whole village. That's truly terrifying, isn't it, bro? Does that mean we could go crazy or become incoherent when spoken to because of it? Really, bro? Honestly, because of the villagers' incident, the soldiers came and made Tingit sad when the parchment, quill, and ink were taken directly by King Spoon and Queen Fork, citing excessive madness and also claiming they had lied because, supposedly, a tool called Medom, used to bundle parchments into books, had already been given. King Spoon's eyes darted like a horse race when he spoke, and he stammered a bit. Queen Fork, however, was different; because she often lied to King Spoon, her speech was fluent. But this inner voice and crazy thought said, “No! Haha.” I tried to refute that statement gently, but King Spoon, Queen Fork, Princess Plate, and the guards were all insistent and emotional, so I thought it better to stay silent, bro; I was tired of arguing. Honestly, I remember clearly, only the parchment that Tingit had made into a special book called Potpal was given. That was also strange, because it felt like the book had once gone missing in a special settlement for the Royal Princesses, which had briefly served as a palace for Tingit, named Lipur Palace. But oh well, let Halla punish them. Tingit had tried to warn them as a good family member, with both kind and harsh words, but it was all in vain, because they only cared about their own selfishness, shouting and blaming. Oh well, bro, hehe. Then, there was another oddity: when my father said in the Kingdom of Ailiem, located in the Kingdom of Bumi which we control and placed in the Kingdom of Rubuic, “That writing that makes one crazier should just be erased with chicken droppings, and why is that writing the same as Tingit’s?” And when Tingit wanted to erase the writing that could make one crazier, it had already vanished, meaning someone had tampered with it without Tingit’s permission. I got that writing from his guard, whose name and origin I keep secret, and I only saw it once and felt disgusted. Regarding this, I've often stumbled upon such things by chance, like when watching dramas out of boredom, such scenes would appear, which made me cringe and wonder why a woman would stoop so low as to do that and be exposed in a public show like that? Regarding the degradation of women, I once experienced it when I was at an altar and was rudely told, “Go worship over there!” But this made me think, how could he be so comfortable doing that? What if your mother, wife, and daughter were treated like that, bro? Wouldn't you be angry, bro? Who could stay calm, bro? At the very least, you'd surely harbor resentment, even if only for a moment, wouldn't you, bro? You'd definitely be angry, especially if it concerned the family's good name, or if the family name was made a laughingstock. As for ridicule, I was disappointed with Queen Fork, Tingit's own birth mother, who always casually said, “Don't be a know-it-all,” and not just that